Original subtitles

[dramatic music playing]

[hoofbeats]

[sudden hush]

[footsteps]

[high-pitched dive sound]

-[shrieks] -[hisses]

[rattling]

[eagle shrieks]

[ghostly clattering]

[wailing cry]

[camel humming]

[man panting]

[man] Help.

[hoofbeats]

[grunts and pants]

Please.

[man] Help me.

[pants]

[gulping]

[gasps and pants]

[man] They are looking for us.

[bandit] "Us"? All I see is an old man in trouble.

[man] This is yours.

There's plenty of more gold.

In that cave.

Please.

-[dramatic music playing] -[camel groans]

-[lumbering thumps] -[camel grunting]

[man] Wait. Wait.

[grunts]

[pants]

-[grunts] -[man] Hind, stop!

He's helping us.

-My daughter. -[bandit] You are blessed.

[man] Wait.

Those are good mounts.

Not the mounts of bandits.

More like soldiers.

[bandit] Sassanid by their armor.

So, tell me who you are.

-In time. -[scoffs]

There's not much of that left.

The dagger is worth ten pieces of gold.

I guarantee you ten more.

[scoffs] That shroud, it has pockets?

I have gold.

Lakhmid gold.

Help us reach the Shaybani settlement,

and it is yours.

The dagger and the gold.

You have my word.

[battle drum music playing]

[long groaning]

[lumbering thumps]

[hoofbeats]

[camel grunting]

[hoofbeats]

[bandit] Into the dunes!

[horses neigh]

-[bell ringing] -[camel groans]

[man] No. No!

Come on. Yalla!

[bandit] Other side of the dune!

[bandit] Run!

Run!

-[rattling] -[horses neigh]

[ominous music playing]

-[man 1] Got them! -[man 2] Go. Go!

[bandit] Go.

Come on. Come on.

[battle drum music playing]

-[pants] -[Hind pants]

[man 2] Mount up!

[horses neigh]

[Hind grunts]

[bandit] Go!

[battle drum music playing]

[horses neigh]

[dogs barking]

-[hollers] -[bleating]

[children's sounds]

-[camels groan] -[hoofbeats]

-[rattling] -[chickens squawking]

-[crowd shouting] -[horse neighs]

[Hind grunts]

[Hind grunts]

[crowd shouting]

[man grunts]

Baba!

[children's sounds]

I come in peace... [grunts]

[grunts]

[Aasif] Kill him!

-[man] Wait! Wait. -[crowd shouting]

[crowd chattering]

[Hani] What is this mischief?

[bandit pants]

Two vagabonds, brother.

Helped by this bandit.

And they bring mercenaries to the border.

[crowd mumbling]

Let's see these vagabonds.

-[dogs barking] -[crowd chattering]

[crowd chattering]

-[hoofbeats] -[horse neighs]

[crowd mumbling]

-[doors opening] -[sheep bleating]

[dramatic music playing]

[high-pitched dive sound]

Commander Jalabzeen.

[Hani] It's been a long time.

How can the Shaybani help you?

I'm here on the orders of the Supreme Emperor Kisra,

ruler of your kingdom

and the lands of the fertile crescent

where the Tigris and the Euphrates

-flow into the sea. -Something to drink?

[Jalabzeen] Your emperor has sent me

to retrieve his subjects,

Al-Numan and Hind Bint Al-Numan.

That girl there.

His Highness, King Al-Numan

and Hind Bint Al-Numan, Princess of Al Hira

are now guests in my home.

[crowd mumbling]

[Hani] You're also welcome to our hospitality,

fresh horses if you need them and safe passage home

as is my sworn duty to my emperor.

[Jalabzeen exhales] Allow me to enlighten you, Chief Hani.

That old man is no longer a king,

as his appearance makes clear.

He is a fugitive. And Al Hira, liberated from his rule,

is now governed by Ibn Qabisah,

a loyal subject of the emperor.

So, in the name of Emperor Kisra,

I demand that you hand over this girl,

who has been made his concubine.

-[man 3] It is you who is the emperor's whore! -[gasps]

-[crowd shouting] -[Jalabzeen grunts]

-Brother. -Please.

-[Hind grunts] -[Jalabzeen grunts]

-[crowd chattering] -[gasps]

Please.

[man 4] She's a princess. Leave her alone!

You won't stop running, huh?

-[Jalabzeen grunts] -[crowd gasping]

-[Hind grunts] -Samir!

[crowd shouting]

An emperor who rules so many lands is perhaps unaware

we, kings of the desert,

have never given our daughters to others as tribute,

not even to pharaohs or caesars.

You may go in peace.

[pants]

[horse neighs]

Hyah!

[crowd chattering]

This isn't the first time you've entered our land without permission.

I will leave as soon as I am paid.

[crowd mumbling]

Chief Hani, this man helped us.

I owe him.

Payment is his life.

Get lost, thief.

[soft music playing]

[long groaning]

[bell ringing]

-[sheep bleating] -[children's sounds]

[indistinct talking]

[bandit] Hyah! Ha!

[crunchy sounds]

[exhales]

We could kill the father.

[sighs] The father is not the problem.

Then we kill them all.

[dogs barking]

[children's sounds]

That would be a mistake.

[ominous music playing]

[sheep bleating]

We make it clear to them.

[indistinct talking]

[footsteps]

[grunts and exhales]

[indistinct talking]

-[hoofbeats] -[horses neigh]

[hisses]

-[click] -[inaudible]

Get in the water.

[hisses]

[shouting in foreign language]

[shouting in foreign language]

[indistinct shouting]

[gasps and pants]

[Aasif] She's Lakhmid. My daughter is Shaybani, Hani.

We ask Al-Numan and his daughter to leave.

Two camels, Hani, and we will leave at first light.

No.

You are my guest.

That still means something to the Shaybani.

While you're under my roof, you and your daughter are safe.

And I won't cast them out.

[crowd mumbling]

[dramatic music playing]

[crowd mumbling]

[woman humming]

[humming]

[high-pitched dive sound]

[sheep bleating]

[high-pitched dive sound]

-[bell ringing] -[sheep bleating]

[ominous music playing]

[screaming]

[indistinct talking]

[dramatic music playing]

-[screeching] -[rattling]

[somber music playing]

[crunchy sounds]

[sizzling]

[high-pitched dive sound]

I need you to deliver a message for me.

Do you hear me, boy?

Good.

Good boy.

My good, strong boy, huh?

[Jalabzeen] Huh?

Strong, strong man.

[sizzling]

[crickets rubbing]

[woman screaming]

[fire crackling]

[dramatic music playing]

[indistinct shouting]

[somber music playing]

[bell ringing]

[indistinct shouting]

[woman 1] This girl has brought the devil to our home.

-[bell ringing] -[crowd wailing]

[woman 1] She is a curse on us.

[pants]

-[inhales and hums] -[sizzling]

-[grunts] -[bell ringing]

[tragic music playing]

[humming]

[thunder striking]

[thunder striking]

[dramatic music playing]

[sizzling]

-[Hind screams] -[thump]

[falling sounds]

[camel groans and munches]

[Hind grunts]

[horse neighs]

[chuckles]

[pants]

[bandit] Looks like my horse missed me.

Why are you still here?

Do you want something from me?

Huh?

Then pay me what you owe.

A dagger and gold.

[birds chirping]

Get out of here.

And leave my horse.

Have you no honor?

Honor is for fools and princesses.

One slap from you is enough.

[Hind] I'm tired of fighting.

When trouble follows you, you have no choice.

[thud]

[dramatic music playing]

Like I said, trouble.

[echoes] Hind Bint Al-Numan!

[crunchy sounds]

[grunts]

[echoes] How much?

Forty pieces of gold should do it.

I told my father not to trust you.

[horses grunting]

[Hind pants]

[echoes] You give her to him...

you go free.

Ugh.

[horse neighs]

[dramatic music playing]

Your life means nothing to you?

A deal with you means nothing to me.

Make it to the horse before they reach us.

[action music playing]

[Hind grunts]

[both grunting]

[battle drum music playing]

[grunts]

[Hind gasps]

-[water splashing] -[grunts]

Argh.

[Hind grunts]

[fighting sounds]

[whistles]

[horses neigh]

To the horse!

[action music playing]

[grunts]

[battle drum music playing]

[grunting]

[grunting]

-[rattling] -[grunting and screaming]

[horse neighs]

[all grunting and panting]

-[cracks] -[grunting]

[continue grunting and panting]

-[bandit] Hind! -[Hind grunts]

[bandit pants]

[Hind grunts]

-[horse neighs] -Go.

[battle drum music playing]

-[grunting] -[horses groaning]

[grunts]

-[horse neighs] -Hyah!

[crowd shouting]

Ho! Ho! Ho!

[bandit grunts]

[crowd war chanting]

[Aasif] Let her go!

This is Shaybani land.

[crowd chattering]

Then Shaybani will pay.

-[bandit grunts] -[crowd shouting]

Hey! Hey! To Ctesiphon!

Hyah! Hyah!

[buzzing]

[Samir] He saved her life.

Nine Sassanid killed on our land.

[Samir] Kisra will punish us for this.

The bandit is responsible.

[indistinct talking]

[indistinct shouting]

[Aasif] Who can't see that we are at their mercy?

We are at their mercy.

What about honor, my brother?

Yes, and look what it got us.

There's bloodshed.

[indistinct shouting]

There's bloodshed!

Enough.

-[woman 2] Listen to me. -Enough!

The bandit dies tomorrow.

[chicken clucking]

-[thud] -Shh!

[chicken clucking]

[chicken clucking]

[footsteps]

[door opens]

[sighs]

Things always get worse when you show up.

-I brought you water. -Do you care to pour?

Why didn't you give me over to the Sassanid?

He is my enemy just as much as he is yours.

[bandit] You are cutting my skin.

I'm saving your life.

[bandit grunts]

[indistinct talking]

[Hind] So, where will you go?

[water chugging]

[bandit] The empty quarter. With the other unwanted.

I owe you.

[bandit] That's right.

A dagger and gold.

Your life isn't enough?

[chokes and sighs]

I won't keep it long without payment.

Then you better hope to see me again.

May I never be so blessed.

[indistinct talking]

[singing]

[ominous music playing]

[Aasif] Go!

[Aasif] Go back. Your insistence brought us here.

[Hani] We can't go back, Aasif.

What matters now is we stand by Al-Numan and his daughter.

Guard and protect them.

Until when, Hani?

Until when?

[crowd chattering]

[Aasif] We're all dead?

-You let in outsiders, Lakhmids, -[crowd chattering]

and pitted us, your tribe, against an empire.

Your tribe, brother.

-For what? -Aasif!

You expect us to lay down our lives for others not of our clan.

You act like an enemy to your people.

-[crowd chattering] -[grunts]

[man 5] What are you doing?

Dare you dishonor me?

Challenge me again, brother,

and it's you who will be banished.

[Aasif chokes, pants, and coughs]

Al-Numan and his daughter will remain with us

as long as I am your leader.

[Hani] Is that understood?

Is that understood?

[dramatic music playing]

They are protecting their queen.

[Hind] Those ants will die.

[dog barking]

[crickets rubbing]

[scoffs]

-Apricots. -Mhm.

-[chuckles] -[chuckles]

Tastes like home.

[Al-Numan] Mhm.

I would like to sit in the grove one more time.

We will never see Al Hira again.

When I'm gone,

you'll become the rightful queen of our people.

Until then,

Hani will protect you.

You protect me.

[Hind] We protect each other.

Always.

[soft music playing]

[door knocking]

-[door knocking] -[Aasif] Open the door!

-You were seen. -[man 6] Let us through.

-Let us through! -[man 7] Move.

-Move! -[crowd chattering]

[Aasif] Up. Look for him.

[man 6] Over here. Over there. Look. Look.

[rattling]

Get out.

You were seen.

By who?

[Safiya] She was inside all evening.

I was watching her.

You see?

Now get these men out of my room.

-Keep looking. -[man 6] Over there.

[indistinct shouting]

[indistinct talking]

It is for your own protection.

Why? My father protects me.

Your father is gone, Hind.

Gone?

Where has he gone?

Where has he gone?

[eventful music playing]

[crowd cheering]

[men shouting] Yeah!

[fighting sounds]

[crowd cheering]

-[crowd cheering] -[Jalabzeen gasps]

[Jalabzeen pants and grunts]

[crowd cheering]

[both grunting]

[crowd cheering]

-[weird laughing] -[crowd cheering]

[crowd cheering]

[Vizier] Field Commander Jalabzeen.

A mercenary who failed you in his mission

to bring back the desert concubine.

[Jalabzeen pants]

[Kisra] You fight with ferocity, Commander Jalabzeen.

[dramatic music playing]

Yet you have been outmatched by a desert girl.

[scoffs and sniffs]

Who are these Shaybani that refuse me?

Why do they shelter the girl?

Honor.

[ominous music playing]

[women screaming]

[Kisra] Look up.

You may meet our eye.

And how might I honor you?

That I may go home.

And where is home?

On the shore of the Black Sea, my lord.

[waves splashing]

I honor you with one last opportunity to bring me this man's daughter.

Then you may go home.

[crowd cheering]

[footsteps]

[sniffs and exhales]

[Kisra] You have traveled far, Al-Numan Bin Al-Mundhir.

Though you came alone.

I offer you something more valuable.

A king.

[crowd gasping]

[Kisra] You're no longer a king.

We replaced you with Ibn Qabisah.

In prison, you'll soon be forgotten.

Only one of us will be forgotten.

[Al-Numan] Sparing my life shows weakness.

You bait me.

[crowd shouting outside]

[crowd in unison] Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!

There is no greater tragedy than a man who gives up on life.

You have failed your people.

You have failed me.

[crowd in unison] Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!

You will feel your daughter's pain throughout eternity.

[crowd cheering]

You cannot kill a king.

We will replace you.

[door opens]

[bang]

[Al-Numan pants]

[tense music playing]

[buzzing]

[thump]

Death comes for us all!

[women singing in foreign language]

[Al-Numan pants]

[door opens]

[Al-Numan pants]

[elephant roaring]

-[crowd cheering] -[elephant trumpets]

[Al-Numan continues panting]

[Al-Numan] Let the lions tear down your house!

[crowd cheering]

-[Al-Numan] Hind. -[hushing]

[rumbling]

[singing sounds continue]

[somber music playing]

All I want now is her Lakhmid head.

-Bring me that. -[elephant groans]

[Vizier] Ibn Qabisah of Al Hira.

You will exterminate every man, woman and child

in the Shaybani tribe for the defiance.

Fail, Ibn Qabisah, and it is you

who will be called onto the carpet.

[crowd shouting]

[Jester] There is only one thing for a traitor.

Drag his body through the streets of Ctesiphon with a camel's cowl.

[crowd shouting]

[dark music playing]

[bird chirping]

[suspenseful music playing]

[splashing]

[crickets rubbing]

[fire crackling]

[dog barking]

[child's voice outside]

[Safiya] You should eat.

I don't need your advice.

Just more of your sleeping draught.

Why did you lie for me?

I am an outsider, like you.

You're not Shaybani?

I am Ganim.

[Hind] You're Ganim?

Shaybani are my family now.

My family was my father.

The desert is home with many rooms.

[scoffs]

It's time you become who you might be.

[Hind] Help me dress.

[mysterious music playing]

[Hind] It's time for me to return home, Hani.

I must help my people.

Your city is under Kisra's occupation.

Better to die facing your enemy than running from him.

[Hind] So, you will support me?

[soft tragic music playing]

[Hani] Your father was as my father, Hind.

But my tribe is my family.

It's time I serve my tribe.

This is yours.

[soft tragic music continues]

[Hind] Then this burden I will bear alone.

[ominous music playing]

[man 8] Sassanid!

Move out.

[thunder rumbling]

[dramatic music playing]

[man 8] Stand-by formation. Forward.

[marching footsteps]

[sinister music playing]

[man 8 yelling order]

[screeching]

[man 8 yelling order]

[marching footsteps]

[dramatic music playing]

-[hollers] -[hoofbeats]

-Hyah! Hyah! -[crowd talking]

[Hani] Hurry. The Sassanid are coming.

This way.

[cacophony]

We'll head north to the oasis at Ze Qar.

There, with the mountain at our back,

we stand a chance.

[Samir] Kisra calls for Hind's head.

Let him have it.

Perhaps then our actions will be forgotten.

[battle drum music starts]

[Samir] What is it, my brother?

[soft music playing]

[creaks]

[wind howling]

[wind raging]

[horse grunts]

[horse neighs]

-[horse grunts] -[wind howling]

[weird sounds]

[soft music playing]

[Hind] My father's dagger.

It's yours.

[bandit] Then that leaves the gold.

[clings and cracks]

Does your father know you're here?

My father is dead.

I'm going home.

To Al Hira?

Are you in a rush to meet your father's fate?

My father sacrificed himself for me.

Now I'm ready to sacrifice myself for my people.

Home is not always the way you left it.

We need you to guide us.

Against an empire.

And I am the most wanted woman in all of Arabia.

And no one, except the shepherd boy, will help me.

My brothers and I made the journey to Al Hira many times.

Then the Sassanid came.

That's how you got the scar?

From the one they call Jalabzeen.

It's the same as the boy's.

You will ride faster alone.

We will ride further together.

I will take you.

[soft music playing]

But...

When we get there, it is 60 pieces of gold.

[weird sounds]

[ominous music playing]

[thuds and echoes]

[stone hammering]

[battle drum music playing]

[birds swarming]

[battle drum music accelerates]

-[Safiya grunts] -[Taif] Stop!

So, the prodigal one returns.

Those fire worshipers,

finally they tired of your riddles?

Taif Bin Ganim.

Mother.

-I'm pleased to see my-- -Why are you here?

I bring news.

Hani of the Shaybani has moved his people to the oasis of Ze Qar.

Like you abandoned your own tribe.

You threw me out.

You have no shame.

You dishonor the tribe.

By speaking my mind?

Ganim sentence for dishonor without shame is death!

Then kill me!

[Safiya] Kill me if that satisfies you.

[soft music playing]

But first, let me tell you about true honor.

It isn't a weapon.

[slow music playing]

[Safiya] It's a journey.

[slow tempo music playing]

[fighting sounds]

[bandit] Come on.

[slow tempo music accelerates]

[both grunt]

[soft music playing]

Al Hira.

[dramatic music playing]

Are you sure you want to do this?

[ominous music playing]

[cacophony]

[indistinct talking]

[dogs barking]

[Hind] Hey!

Is that Lakhmid gold you wear?

[crowd mumbling]

I am Hind Bint Al-Numan.

Queen of Al Hira.

[crowd mumbling]

I'm here to reclaim my father's throne.

[giggles]

I see no throne.

[crowd mumbling]

[Kardarigan] Nor any loyal to you.

Any last words before I deliver your head?

[crowd gasp]

[suspenseful music playing]

[crowd mumbling]

[man shouting]

[crowd mumbling]

[crowd] Bastard. Leave us alone.

[crowd shouting]

[bandit grunts]

[slow tempo music playing]

Freedom!

[crowd in unison] Yeah!

[crowd cheering]

[crowd shouting]

[crowd shouting]

[door knocking]

That is honor.

[slow tempo music accelerates]

[door knocking]

[crowd cheering]

[dog barking]

[somber music playing]

[tingling]

[crowd talking]

[Hind] Now you can rest in the grove, Papa.

[thuds]

[soft music playing]

[hoofbeats]

[Hina] You've taken Al Hira?

They've destroyed everything.

I move my people to Ze Qar where there is water.

It doesn't matter.

Kisra's army will be unstoppable.

We'll fight together.

No.

You have your people, Chief Hani.

I have mine.

Then I'll fight by your side, as my queen.

[slow music playing]

[Hani] You are not alone.

You, too, have an army.

[tribal chant music playing]

[tribal music continues]

[rustling]

You came.

I'm not alone.

[Taif] Is what Safiya tells true?

Did Kisra kill the Lakhmid king and defile his body?

He dragged him through the streets of Ctesiphon

with a camel's cowl.

Then he's no emperor.

[indistinct talking]

For once, my niece, she speaks the truth.

[Taif] You have shown yourself a queen.

-[knocks] -[war chanting]

The Ganim will side with you.

For now.

-[men cheer] Kanifa! -[man 9] Look, up there!

-[woman 3] How many? -[man 9] Someone is coming!

[man 9] Where are they coming from?

[crowd talking]

-[man 10] Kanifa! -[men cheer] Kanifa!

[Hani] Let them pass.

[indistinct talking]

[footsteps]

[Eben] Chief Hani.

Eben Wael.

Taif Bin Ganim, standing together? What next?

Will the sky drop snow?

To the empire, we are all the same.

Yes, those Sassanid snakes could never tell the difference between us camels.

[Hind] Eben Wael.

I believe the last time I saw you,

the Kanifa refused me and my father a roof.

Hind Bint Al-Numan. Queen of Al Hira.

[crowd mumbling]

Ah, the emperor's prize.

I can accept her being with us.

I... will lead us all into battle.

[Hind] We welcome you and the Kanifa,

but not your leadership.

-My ears must be dirty. -[crowd gasp]

Do you understand what you're saying, child?

Yes. Advice and counsel, naturally.

This girl, Chief Hani?

I have refused an emperor. Must I also refuse you?

[scoffs]

[Hind] You cast us out, Eben Wael.

Or did you forget?

[crowd mumbling]

You have the desert in front of you,

and the ocean behind.

You're trapped.

There is no escape from what you will face.

[Eben] To win the battle, you need an army.

[crowd mumbling]

I don't see an army here.

To win this battle, you need tactics.

[Eben] Good position. Well supplied. With water.

The oasis.

The oasis at Ze Qar is where we will face them.

-An oasis. -[man 11] Ze Qar.

-[man 12] Ze Qar. -[children] Ze Qar!

-Ze Qar. -Ze Qar.

[crowd in unison] Ze Qar. Ze Qar.

Ze Qar. Ze Qar.

Ze Qar! Ze Qar!

Ze Qar! Ze Qar!

Ze Qar! Ze Qar!

Well played, Queen of Al Hira.

Thank you, Eben Wael...

for your counsel.

[slow tempo music playing]

[men cheering]

[Taif] Ganim!

[men cheer] Ganim!

[marching footsteps]

Lakhmid!

[men cheer] Lakhmid!

[marching footsteps]

Shaybani!

-[men cheer] Shaybani! -Shaybani!

[Eben] Kanifa!

[men cheer] Kanifa!

[battle drum music playing]

[wind rustling]

[wailing cry]

[men screaming]

[slow music playing]

[lumbering thumps]

[rustling]

My father would have wanted you to have that.

[Hind] You earned it.

I've more than earned it.

You told me we shared a common enemy.

I told you, honor is for fools.

[Hind] Kisra is coming.

[crowd singing]

So, where do you go with your money?

Home?

No.

[bandit] Nowhere is home.

Take care of yourself, bandit.

[soft music playing]

[camel grunts]

Shh! Shh!

[slow tempo music playing]

[man 13 echoes] Sassanid are coming!

[soft music playing]

[fighting and shouting sounds in background]

-[horses neigh] -[children's voice]

-[Jalabzeen] Are they dead? -[men screaming]

[bandit] Look at me.

To be a man, you must be brave and strong.

Can you be this man?

Brand this one.

[high-pitched dive sound]

[battle drum music playing]

[soft music playing]

Ze Qar!

[crowd cheering]

[crowd cheering]

[slow tempo music playing]

Weapons!

[crowd] Weapons!

Aasif, we have to wait for Hani's command.

[Samir] Aasif, we must wait.

Don't follow Aasif, please.

[Aasif] You have no right to drink this water.

This is Shaybani land.

[men fighting sounds]

[Samir] Stop! Hani!

Go back. Back. Back!

Stop!

[indistinct shouting]

[Samir] Aasif!

You have no right to drink this water.

[Aasif] This oasis belongs to Shaybani.

I take it, you explain who these outsiders are, brother.

They're our allies, brother.

Kanifa, Lakhmid, Ganim.

They're here to fight with us.

Then they come to die.

Drink the water of Ze Qar.

Here.

-No. Stop them. -Now.

Together.

[crowd cheering]

[soft music playing]

You've abandoned our people.

[Aasif] And our family.

Save your strength, Aasif. You will need it.

May God protect us from you.

Brother.

I need you beside me when we fight.

Not against me.

[dramatic music playing]

Come on.

[chordophone bowing]

Samir?

[sniffs and gasps]

Someone tried to poison me.

[man 14] Watch out!

[indistinct shouting]

[man 15] Aasif! Aasif is leaving.

[man 14] You traitors!

Let's go!

-[man 15] Wake up! -[man 14] Let's go! Move out quickly!

[Hind] With him goes our right flank.

[man 14] Let's go! Hyah!

[hoofbeats]

[Hani] He will tell them how much water we are defending.

[buzzing]

[Hind] There are many ways to fight this battle.

[Aasif] Ride fast! We surrender to the Sassanid!

They will spare our lives!

[slow tempo music playing]

[plugging sounds]

[slow tempo music accelerates]

[water trickling]

[indistinct talking]

[indistinct talking]

[water splashing]

[mysterious music playing]

[Qabisah] Commander Jalabzeen!

You have no idea what it is like back there.

[hoofbeats]

[Qabisah] I can barely breathe.

[inaudible] There's no water.

No water here.

Water!

[suspenseful music playing]

What is that desert rat doing?

[tribal music playing]

[Yazid yells] Bandit!

[Yazid yells] Bandit!

-[hoofbeats] -[men cheering]

-[crowd talking] -[camel groans]

[bandit grunts] I come in peace.

[pants]

You brought the Tazmuri?

[bandit] Yeah. Yeah.

I know they are not your favorite neighbors,

but they are good fighters.

-They've agreed to fight with us? -[bandit] Mm.

I told them the army that is coming

is a caravan they could plunder.

Seemed like the best way to get them here.

[chuckles]

-[Hani] It is quite the caravan. -[Yazid] Where is he?

Where is that lying, cheating, brigand, bandit, sour face?

Where is my caravan, Hani?

Greetings, Yazid.

He said it was the largest caravan he'd ever seen.

I said "colossal."

[Yazid] Colossal.

It's an army. Kisra's army.

I've joined a war on Kisra.

You used me. How about I go

and see what Kisra will pay for your heads?

Hind Bint Al-Numan. Queen of the Lakhmid.

-The queen? -Yazid of the Tazmuri.

We are grateful for your allegiance, and your men.

For...

[scoffs]

It was nothing.

[exhales]

It's an honor to meet you, Hind Bint Al-Numan.

Why always yelling, filthy thief?

That fig picker is in on this too?

[grunting]

Get back. Go back.

[Taif] Having fun?

Since when does the Tazmuri do anything unless there's gold involved?

-Who else is in on this? -We are many.

I have seen the army up close.

On the other side of those hills.

My advice...

run while you can.

And where should we go?

I'll tell you where you've gone.

Wrong in the head.

How do you beat an empire?

-We let the desert beat it. -Huh?

We've buried all the wells beyond this oasis.

This is now the only water, so we defend it.

You see? Instead of barking, you should listen. Tactics.

This is how you beat Kisra. [growls]

If the Tazmuri will accept the honor,

you and your men could face off on the right flank

against Ibn Qabisah and his cavalry.

Ibn Qabisah?

-[spitting] -[Hind] Yes.

I'd like to stick a lance up that fat slob's--

Come on, come on, come on.

Join us for some food and date wine.

-[Yazid] Date wine? -[Hani] Yes. Three days old.

[Yazid] Three days?

[indistinct talking and laughing]

[bandit] This belongs to you.

[men singing]

[men singing and dancing]

[shouting]

[tribal chanting]

[singing]

[slow music playing]

[Hani] Together...

we drink for tomorrow.

For Al-Numan's honor.

[Taif] Honor.

[men] Honor.

[sizzling]

-[chordophone bowing] -[crowd mumbling]

[splashing]

[mysterious music playing]

[ominous music playing]

[crowd chattering]

[ominous music playing]

[swishing]

[mysterious music plays]

[crowd shouting]

[man 16] Take them down!

For Kanifa!

[men cheering]

Ho! Ho! Ho!

[battle drum music playing]

[Taif yells] [inaudible]

[inaudible]

-[whistling] -[children's voice]

[water trickling]

[battle drum music accelerates]

Keep digging!

[kid yells] [inaudible]

[Taif] Weapons.

Weapons.

Weapons.

Hey.

Weapons.

[indistinct talking]

[suspenseful music playing]

Shaybani will take the left!

Kanifa, the center!

Lakhmid with Hind!

Ganim will hold in reserve!

Use your own judgment where and when to move!

[tribal battle music playing]

[hushing]

[high-pitched dive sound]

[rustling]

[rumbling]

[indistinct talking]

Settle!

Stay low.

[rumbling]

[hushing]

[tingling]

[horn sounding]

[man yells order]

-[horn sounding] -[hoofbeats]

[battle drum music playing]

[horses neigh]

[Jalabzeen] How many tribes have joined?

[men cheer] Kanifa.

[Al-Hamerz] Kanifa.

-And Lakhmid. -[men cheering]

[tribal chanting]

Where is our Lakhmid heel?

Perhaps we should give the men more water.

[Qabisah clears throat] We are running low.

There are five thousand men when 500 would suffice.

I have my orders.

Mhm.

[Qabisah grunts]

Time for your half-measures is over,

Commander Jalabzeen.

We will water at Ze Qar

before the sun is at its highest.

After I have destroyed the Shaybani

and all the traitors of my own tribe,

that have chosen to die with them.

[Qabisah] Ganim? Kanifa?

What allegiance do they have with each other?

Perhaps you should ask them.

Hm?

[horse neighs]

[Hind echoes] Ibn Qabisah!

You are no king!

I am your queen.

I will forgive you and all other Lakhmids

if you ride to us

and fight alongside your true people.

Look around you.

You are outnumbered four to one!

[Qabisah] You have raided,

robbed and cursed each other for generations.

And yet, today, you ride together as one?

Do not be fooled.

There's nothing that unites you.

[horses grunt]

[battle drum music playing]

[horse grunts]

You have placed yourself and those who stand with you

in direct defiance of His Majesty,

the Supreme Emperor...

-[arrow throwing] -[thud]

-[horse neighs] -[crowd cheering]

[indistinct talking]

[indistinct talking]

[battle drum music playing]

[crunchy sounds]

Send Qabisah's Lakhmids in first.

This will be swift.

[tingling]

[man yells order]

[man yells order]

-[hoofbeats] -[crowd chattering]

[man yells order]

And when they counter, return them.

[hoofbeats]

[signaling]

[all signaling]

[boom]

[crowd shouting]

[tense music playing]

Is that a cow?

[rumbling]

[cows growling]

[growling]

-[grunting and screaming] -[thudding]

[screaming]

[cows growling]

[men grunting and screaming]

[ominous music playing]

[man yells order]

[man yells order]

[marching footsteps]

[man yells order]

Tribes of Arabia.

[men cheering]

Are you with me?

[men cheering]

[battle drum music playing]

[men shouting]

[Hani] For the fight!

[arrows shooting]

[Eben] Let the lions tear down their house.

[battle drum music playing]

[thudding]

-[fighting sounds] -[horses neigh]

[all grunting]

[fighting sounds continue and people grunting]

Fight!

Outflank. Outflank.

[tingling]

[fighting sounds]

Keep them from getting wide of us.

[fighting sounds continue]

[tense music playing]

[men war chanting and shouting]

[fighting sounds]

[shouting]

[men shouting]

-[shouting] -[men shouting]

-[cracks] -[indistinct shouting]

Signal both flanks.

Cavalry attacks on both wings.

[Jalabzeen] Bracers center advance.

[battle drum music playing]

[running footsteps]

-[fighting sounds] -[arrows shooting]

Wait. Wait.

Take the shield to protect the line.

Take the shields to protect the line.

-[grunts] -[indistinct shouting]

[man 17] Hold the line.

[suspenseful music playing]

They're going to break through.

[fighting sounds]

They're breaking the line.

There's a lot of them.

[yells] Keep them behind that line!

[grunting]

Call the Ganim.

-[signaling] -[men signaling]

Let's go!

[Taif] Let's show Kisra

what is it like to face a Ganim

who carries no sword on his back.

Let's go.

[men cheering]

[Taif] Let's go!

[battle drum music playing]

[fighting sounds]

Hold them.

[men screaming]

Archers.

[Jalabzeen] Loose.

-[men shouting] -[arrows shooting]

Bracers turn.

[fighting sounds]

[yelling]

[bandit] Go.

-Go. Go. -[Hani grunts]

-[Hani] Go. -[inaudible]

-[Hani] Go! -[bandit] Retreat.

-Go. -[Hani] Retreat.

[bandit] Retreat!

[Jalabzeen] No, no. Cut them off.

Cut them off!

-[Hind grunts] -[crowd shouting]

[Hani] Retreat!

Retreat!

Retreat! [grunts]

[Taif] Get back!

[Yazid] Get back.

[crowd shouting]

[Jalabzeen] Onward. Onward.

[panting]

[fighting sounds]

[crowd mumbling]

[indistinct shouting]

[arrows shooting]

[Hani grunts] Ah.

-[Jalabzeen] Make a line! -[man 18] Make a line!

Make a line!

Make a line!

-Make a line. -[Hind] Hold your fire.

[soft music playing]

[man 18] Hold the line!

[Hani groans]

-[Jalabzeen] Give us the girl. -[Hani] No.

No.

[somber music playing]

[pants]

[Hani] Hind.

It's my sacrifice.

Give me the girl!

[Hani pants]

-[swish] -[crowd gasp]

[Samir] No! Hani!

-[Jalabzeen] Withdraw. -[man 18] Bracers!

Withdraw!

[Jalabzeen] Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

[man 18] Turn!

Let me go.

[Samir yelling]

[hoofbeats]

[Samir] Hani.

Hani.

[Jalabzeen] Crush them into dust.

[horn sounding]

[man shouting]

[crowd chattering]

We face them with camels.

Camels!

[Taif] The camels! The camels!

[screams]

[rumbling]

[men shouting]

[camel grunts]

[Taif] Go! Let's go! Let's move!

[man 19] Let's move.

[battle drum music playing]

[men screaming]

-[lumbering thumps] -[camels groan]

-[rumbling] -[elephant roaring]

Hold the lines!

[man 20] Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

[elephants roaring]

[driver] Thirty!

[men shouting]

Cover the camels' eyes!

Blindfold them!

Twenty!

Ten!

Five!

Brace!

[man 21] Release!

-[arrows shooting] -[elephant roaring]

[collapsing sounds]

-[Taif grunts] -[elephant roaring]

[indistinct shouting]

-[rumbling] -[elephants roaring]

[bandit] Pull back! There are too many!

[pants]

[elephant trumpets]

-[elephant trumpets] -[rustling]

Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!

Go. To the oasis!

[Jalabzeen] Finish this!

[Al-Hamerz] Full advance!

[indistinct shouting]

[ominous music playing]

We need some water!

Seize the oasis!

[men shouting]

-[man 22] Run! Move! -[man 23] Out quickly, go!

[man 24] Run!

-[grunts] -[indistinct shouting]

-[Safiya] We have to leave! -[man 25] Hide! Hide!

-[man 22] Go! -[man 23] Go, go, go!

[mysterious music playing]

[men cheering]

[whistling]

[water splashing]

[men shouting]

[men cheering]

[ominous music playing]

[pants]

[vomiting and coughing]

[screams] Stop!

Stop drinking!

[hush falling over]

The water is poisoned!

-[arrow shooting] -[grunts and gasps for air]

[soft muffled music playing]

[pants]

[muffled sounds]

[muffled music playing]

[thump]

[fighting sounds]

[grunting]

[panting and grunting]

[hush falling over]

[slow music playing]

[panting]

[Hind grunts]

[grunts and pants]

[pants]

[wind rustling]

[pants]

[Jalabzeen] Home.

[thud]

[soft music playing]

[tribal chanting]

[crowd cheering]

[horse grunts]

He chose you. He is free to do so.

And you?

[classical music playing]

I hope to see you again, Hind Bint Al-Numan of Al Hira.

You should be so blessed.

Hyah!

-[crowd cheering and singing] -Hyah!

[soft music playing]

[tribal music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

[crowd cheering and singing]

[victory music playing]

[tribal music playing]

[soft music playing]

♪ Seeds are falling Like heavy gold♪

♪ Keeps us human From getting old♪

♪ Treasure nature♪

♪ With every turn You go♪

♪ Always here♪

♪ Seeds are falling Like heavy gold♪

♪ Keeps us human From getting old♪

♪ Treasure nature♪

♪ With every turn You go♪

♪ Always here♪

♪ Seeds are falling Like heavy gold♪

♪ Keeps us human From getting old♪

♪ Treasure nature♪

♪ With every turn You go♪

♪ Always here♪

[orchestral music playing]

[slow music playing]

[music ends]